"Device" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhuāng zhì to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device
 diàn qì (electrical) appliance / device
 jī zi machine / device
 qì jiàn device / component
 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
 qì device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2]
 zhāo to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess
 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software)
 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
 qū dòng chéng xù device driver (computing software)
 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand
 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device
线 lián xiàn electrical lead / connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc) / to go online / connection / (congressional) caucus
 qiè tīng qì tapping device / bug
 biàn liǎn to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
 lián jī online / network / to connect online / to connect an electronic device to another device
 dā zài (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software)
 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset
 liáng jù measuring device
 yuè yù to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
 jì shí qì timer / chronograph / timepiece / clock / timekeeping device (sundial, water clock)
 zài bǎo xiǎn reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers)
 dào zhuāng inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect) / anastrophe
 tuō shuǐ jī a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)
 yè shì yí night vision device
 rán shāo dàn fire bomb / incendiary device
 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription
 yàn chāo jī a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills
 jié shuǐ qì water-saving device
 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc)
 bì yùn huán coil / contraceptive coil / intrauterine device
 nóng suō jī a device for concentrating (a liquid) / a condenser
 zhà to press / to extract (juice) / device for extracting juice, oils etc
 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge
 shāo yí dàn fire bomb / incendiary device
 hé zhuāng zhì nuclear device
 biàn huàn shè bèi converter / conversion device
 hé bào zhà zhuāng zhì nuclear explosion device
 shū rù shè bèi input device (computer)
 yóu xì shè bèi gaming device / controller (for computer or console)
 zǐ gōng huán intrauterine device (IUD)
 dào zhuāng jù inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect) / anastrophe
 guāng fú qì jiàn photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell)
 liǎng zhāo r the same old trick / illegal device
 gōng lu:4 shū chū power output (of an electrical device etc)
 fǎn yòng huàn liú qì inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
 zǐ gōng nèi bì yùn qì intrauterine device (IUD)
 gōng nèi jié yù qì intrauterine device (IUD)
 fēng zhí shū chū gōng néng peak power output (of an electrical device etc)
 zhǐ xiàng zhuāng zhì pointing device (computing)
 wāi diǎn zi illegal device / devious / crooked
 fú lì tiáo zhěng bèi xīn BCD / Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
 fú lì tiáo zhěng zhuāng zhì BCD / Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
 cè shì qì testing apparatus / monitoring device / checker / meter
 yì pín léi dá shōu fā jī transponder / electronic device that responds to a radio code
 fā shè jī yìng dá qì transponder / electronic device that responds to a radio code
 fā shēng qì sound device
 zì bào jiā mén to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role
 zì zhì zhà dàn improvised explosive device IED
 zhù cún qì storage device (computing)
 fáng chuǎn zhèn anti-surge device (of compressors etc)
 diàn hè ǒu hé qì jiàn charge-coupled device (CCD) (electronics)
 jiǎn yì zhà dàn zhuāng zhì improvised explosive device (IED)
 bǎo xiǎn zhuāng zhì safety device
 bào zhà zhuāng zhì explosive device
 bì yùn yòng jù contraceptive device
 dǎo xiàng zhuāng zhì guiding device
 kāi guān zhuāng zhì switching device / switching tube
 yè shì jìng night vision device
  arming device
  radioactive dispersal device / dirty bomb
  Improvised Explosive Device Technical Adviser
 yù zhuāng zhù shè qì pre-filled device
  lethal device
 jì dòng zhuāng zhì anti-handling device / anti-handling fuse
  charge-coupled device
  multicyclone device
 jí yú zhuāng zhì fish-aggregating device
 rén gōng jí yú zhuāng zhì fish-aggregating device
 yè shì zhuāng zhì night observation device / night vision device
 zǐ wài chéng xiàng zhuāng zhì ultraviolet imaging device
 chāo shēng chéng xiàng zhuāng zhì ultrasonic imaging device
 fáng zuò bì zhuāng zhì tamper-proof device
  vehicle borne improvised explosive device
  data storage device
  pulsed power device / pulse power equipment
 gōng nèi zhuāng zhì intra-uterine device
 fáng qǐ léi zhuāng zhì anti-lift device / anti-lifting device / anti-lift fuse
  nuclear explosive device
 jiù shēng zhuāng zhì life-saving device
  magnetic proximity device
 yuàn jù lí yīn xiǎng zhuāng zhì long-range acoustic device
 shēng pào long-range acoustic device
 yǐn xìn jì dòng zhuāng zhì anti-defuzing device
 fáng xiè chú yǐn xìn zhuāng zhì anti-defuzing device
 hào néng zhuāng zhì energy-using device
  boosted fission bomb / boosted fission weapon / boosted device
 zhù bào xíng liè biàn wǔ qì boosted fission bomb / boosted fission weapon / boosted device
 kāi guān guǎn switching device / switching tube
  air defence alerting device
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